The Reading Rooms

Excellent facilities including kitchen, dining room and washing machine. A polite email to ask when I was going to arrive so that the owner could meet me and hand over the key then explain what was available, including local facilities. Very clean throughout. The ground floor room was comfortable and very quiet, both from the upstairs guests and outside. I had two good nights sleep. Everything you would need for a comfortable and long stay. Thank you

Facilities excellent.

I've had my eye on this place for a while waiting for an opportunity to visit, and it more than lived up to expectations :-). The location is great: our room looked right over the bridge and river and we enjoyed watching the varied bird life! Brian and Gill were very helpful and friendly, with excellent advice about visiting the historic old church up the hill and where to eat (General Havelock inn - excellent). We really liked the kitchen and dining room facilities - we'd brought our own breakfast supplies but if we had been taking up the continental breakfast option the supplies looked very good quality, including fresh fruit. Beds were comfortable, room spacious and well-equipped, bathroom clean and again spacious. Having small flasks for fresh milk to be brought up from downstairs for drinks in our room was a great touch.

Almost everything was perfect! The only slight drawback is that being on the old main road the street lights remain on all night - the curtains are very thick so block out most of the light but not quite all. Not much of a problem for me but might affect some people, I suppose.

Perfect host.

The carpet in the bedroom.

Met all our needs. Although there is no dedicated car park, parking, free of charge, locally was not a problem. A quiet, picturesque location with loads of space…. Ideal

Nothing

Location perfect. Breakfast lovely

Breakfast was DIY and I was shown what I could have the day before. Everything was there and I had a healthy fruit and yoghurt with toast, jam and tea. Nobody there to say goodbye to, already paid so took my bags to my car, left the key where I was asked to and shut the door and left. Comfortable room with three beds and two armchairs! No evening meal was offered and the host gave me a good rundown of the various options nearby.

I thought it was rather noisy as it was close to a busy roundabout with lorries and buses passing by. Parking was in the street

Very comfortable room and great facilities available ; well equipped kitchen and lovely dining area with interesting street view. Delicious breakfast provided. Central location , perfect for local walking and cycling Hadrian‘s Way (as we were) with secure shed to store the bikes. Host was very helpful, thank you Brian.